Survey & Inspection News & Articles

Advisory Board Announced for Commercial UAV Expo 2024

Commercial UAS industry leaders serving on the Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board will provide guidance for the 10th edition of the event taking place 3–5 September 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

May 07, 2024
Academic & Technical Collaborative Mission Unveiled

The Sentinel Mission from Teledyne Webb Research and Rutgers University will send Teledyne’s Slocum Glider around the world to contribute to human understanding of the oceans

May 02, 2024
SubC Imaging Secures Provincial Backing for New ROV Inspection Tech

The funding will fuel the development of a multi-channel inspection system tailored for Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), marking a pivotal advancement in underwater inspection capabilities

Apr 30, 2024
Partnership to Simplify UAV Live Video Streaming

Videosoft’s video software integrating with Gotonomi’s Velaris Multi-Link satellite communication module enables operators to effortlessly receive real-time video from UAVs

Apr 23, 2024
Latest Industrial Inspection Drone Released by The Bionic Eye

The Bionic Eye has launched the Gryphon Indigo industrial inspection drone designed for a wide range of asset inspection applications and equipped with a Sony a7RM5 camera

Apr 23, 2024
New UV Camera Suited to Drone-Mounted Inspection

MX081 drone-mountable ultraviolet (UV) camera modules by XIMEA capture UV radiation, utilizing Sony's IMX487 sensor to deliver sharp, detailed images with precise pixel-level clarity

Apr 23, 2024
Exail to Provide Advanced INS for All-Terrain AUVs

Exail is equipping Eelume’s new S-Series all-terrain AUVs with its highly accurate and robust Phins Compact C3 INS to improve inspection in complex environments like under-ice areas

Apr 23, 2024
New Portable Drone for ISR & Inspection at XPO24

The new Osprey enterprise drone from Skyfish is specifically designed for infrastructure inspection and ISR, supporting compact third-party sensors and offering RTK for cm grade location accuracy, all while fitting into a backpack

Apr 19, 2024
Drones Reduce Construction Site Monitoring by 80%

NTT Communications has successfully used Skydio’s drone and dock technology to monitor indoor construction site progress in Japan

Apr 09, 2024
RIEGL Opens New Office in Germany

The new RIEGL office, based in Gilching near Munich, will focus primarily on terrestrial and UAV-based laser scanning as well as mobile mapping solutions, offering comprehensive service and support

Mar 20, 2024
Partnership for Remotely Monitoring & Automating Substation Inspections

Skydio drones and MEPPI’s Power-I platform provide an end-to-end solution enabling utilities to collect and analyze volumes of data with efficiency, consistency and accuracy while being safer

Mar 19, 2024
Time-Lapse Hardware Released for Autonomous Subsea Camera System

SubC Imaging has introduced the Hibernation feature for its Autonomous Camera System, enabling long-term time-lapse footage over months or years, capturing slow underwater processes

Mar 18, 2024
Partnership to Reinvent Utility Asset Management

Buzz and Skydio aim to develop a Transmission, Distribution and Substation asset inspection solution, combining Buzz’s computer vision with Skydio’s autonomous drones and Extend API

Mar 15, 2024
SubC Imaging’s Rayfin Single Channel Inspection System at Oceanology International 2024

SubC Imaging is set to preview its new Rayfin Single Channel Inspection system (Rayfin SCI) on March 12-14 at Oceanology International 2024 at the ExCeL London

Mar 08, 2024
Teledyne Marine to Exhibit at Upcoming Oceanology International

Teledyne Marine will showcase its new Acoustic Trigger feature for sustainable ropeless lobster fishing and officially launch the Slocum Sentinel Glider at the upcoming Oi 2024 event

Mar 08, 2024
New UAV Terminal Completes Powerline Inspection Demonstration

The long-range demonstration, led by ARA Robotics, involved two ARA-405 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), state-of-the-art sensors, and beyond-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations, controlled from a distance of 11 kilometres

Mar 06, 2024
JOUAV Launches New Airborne LiDAR Sensor

JOUAV's JoLiDAR-1000 LiDAR sensor, featuring enhanced detection, compact design, and integrated technologies, is ideal for a diverse range of applications, such as terrain mapping, power line inspection, mining surveying, and emergency mapping

Mar 01, 2024
Teledyne Marine Releases Vertical Detection Mode for Sonars

The VDM upgrade for SeaBat T-Series sonars delivers exceptional accuracy and improves data quality in environments challenged by multipath interference from structures like sheet pilings

Mar 01, 2024
Drone Survey Project Launched with Network Rail

The project combines Skyports’ long-range drone services and AI data capture capabilities with Ground Control’s biodiversity experience to streamline infrastructure surveys for Network Rail

Feb 26, 2024
Mobile Robot Dog Advancing Substation Inspections with AI

The pilot project involving Avangrid, Levatas, and Boston Dynamics is set to take place at United Illuminating's (UI) Singer and East Shore substations and will deploy a mobile robot called Spot to complete the visual and thermal inspections

Feb 12, 2024
Buzz Solutions to Deliver AI-Powered Infrastructure Inspections

With Buzz Solutions providing predictive analytics platform PowerAI, a comprehensive drone and AI infrastructure inspection solution will be delivered to utility customers across the Caribbean

Feb 12, 2024
Team Arrives in Antarctica for ULTRA UAV Testing

Designed for extreme environments like Antarctica, the Windracers ULTRA UAV is a fully autonomous, twin-engine, 10m fixed-winged aircraft, capable of carrying 100kg up to 1000km

Feb 08, 2024
Scaling Autonomous Inspection for Large Facility Operations

ANYmal is an autonomous, highly mobile inspection solution with mission-ready payloads, while ANYmal X combines ANYmal with being is safe for use in hazardous atmospheres

Feb 07, 2024
DJI Introduces its First Intelligent 3D Model Editing Software

This solution pairs with DJI’s enterprise drones and 3D modeling and mapping software, forming a comprehensive solution for aerial surveying, modeling, and model editing

Jan 22, 2024
CoPre: An Ecosystem for Optimized LiDAR and RGB Data Processing

CHCNAV’s CoPre provides a solution for georeferencing, analysis, and modeling of 3D point cloud data captured by airborne, vehicle-based, & drone LiDAR scanners or imaging systems

Jan 19, 2024
Successful Development of EMF-guided Multirotor UAS

Manifold Robotics collaborated to make an EMF sensing system for UASs, enabling them to detect the presence of lines and estimate their distance for automated collision avoidance

Jan 16, 2024
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.